Acting Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lucky Ayedatiwa on Wednesday, urged residents of the state to use the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations to pray for the quick recovery of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. In his Eid-el-Kibir message, Ayedatiwa said: “Let us use this special season to pray for the success of this administration and also for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, that God Almighty gives …

Apprehension gripped the agrarian community of Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday over the killing of a naval officer in the town by suspected hoodlums. Following the death of the military personnel, naval officers stormed the community to apprehend those involved in the killing of their colleague. According to sources, when the naval officers arrived in …

The Police in Ondo State have arrested a nurse, health assistant and security guard at the Comprehensive Health Centre, Emure-IIe, Owo Local Government Area over the mysterious disappearance of a baby’s placenta. Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya told newsmen on Tuesday in Akure, the state capital, that the three persons were arrested after the 23-year-old father of …

The Chief Imam of the Uso Community in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Alhaji Ibrahim Oyinlade, who was abducted along the  Owo-Akure Expressway on Saturday, has regained his freedom. The cleric was said to have been released by his abductors on Sunday evening. The cleric was said to be working on his farm when the hoodlums invaded …

The Ondo State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday demanded that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who is said to be ill, should hand over to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa to avert what the opposition party described as a “constitutional crisis in the state”. In a statement, the state chairman of the party, Stephen Adewale said that, while it continued …

Tragedy struck at the weekend in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State following the killing of an 80-year-old grandmother. The body of the octogenarian was found inside her farm in the Costain axis of the local government following suspicion that she had been raped before her assailants murdered her. Before her body was discovered, the deceased had been declared …

Farmers in some communities in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State have called on state government and security agencies in the state to come to their aid following incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen. The farmers alleged that the herdsmen again invaded the Power Line, Ago Oyinbo, and Ala Reserves communities on Friday and Saturday, destroying their farms …

The first female speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Jumoke Akindele Ajulo has delivered her first child at 54. Congratulatory messages have since flooded her social media page in the wake of the news. It was gathered that the speaker gave birth on Saturday. She represented Okitipupa Constituency 1 and was served as Speaker between May 2014 …

The Ondo State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested no fewer than seven persons in connection with the killing of a man, Tope Olorunfemi, in a mob attack in Akure, the state capital. This is just as one of the suspects, Victor Amos is said to have admitted that he hit the deceased’s head with a stone. Olorunfemi, …

The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday said it has arrested two suspects who allegedly stoned a 35-year-old man, Olorunfemi Tope, to death in Akure, the state capital. Tope was killed in a mob attack in the Ijoka Area of Akure on Monday after his Toyota Camry car allegedly crushed two people to death and injured others. The deceased was …